this presentation contains disasters till 2010

1. In Detail

2. A natural disaster is a major adverse event
resulting from natural processes of the Earth.
Examples:
 Floods.
 Volcanic eruptions.
 Earthquakes.
 Tsunamis.
 Drought.
 Cyclons.
 Other geologic processes.

3.  The pre-1947 era also saw some disasters that
wrecked havoc in western India (present-day
Pakistan).
 Many cyclones were reported, but there
estimated damage is unconfirmed.
 Following are those natural disasters, which
have confirmed data regarding the number of
deaths and damage.

4.  At 3:02 am PST at Quetta, a powerful
earthquake rocked the city and surrounding
areas.
 The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7.
 Anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people
died from the impact.
 The natural disaster ranks as the 23rd most
deadly earthquake worldwide .

5.  On 28 November 1945 at 1:56 am (local time), a
massive earthquake, off Pakistan’s Makran Coast
generated a destructive tsunami in the Northern
Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.
 More than 4,000 people were killed along the
Makran Coast of Pakistan.
 The earthquake was of 8.1 magnitude, major
quake.
 The tsunami reached a height of 17 metre in some
areas of the Makran coast and caused great
damage to the entire coastal region of Pakistan.

6.  During the 20th century, Pakistan saw a great
number of natural calamities. The disasters
severely hit the back bone of the economy of
Pakistan.
 During the year 1970, a major
category Cyclone devastated East Pakistan
that left some 500,000 people dead.
 In 20th century, a number of cyclones also
devastated the western Pakistan, along with
earthquakes.

7.  Not much is known about 1965 cyclone but it is
the deadliest tropical storm in the history of
Pakistan as it caused 10,000 casualties in
Karachi on 15 December.
 1999 cyclone is the strongest and most intense
cyclone in the history of Pakistan.
 It killed 6200 people in the country and made
landfall in Shah Bandar at peak intensity on 20
May near Karachi city in Sindh province.

8.  1964 cyclone made landfall in Tharparkar and
Hyderabad district in Sindh province in Pakistan
on 12 June.
 However it caused a great loss of life and property
in the province. It killed 450 people and left some
400,000 people homeless.
 1993 cyclone weakened over the sea near Sindh-
Gujrat border due to high wind shear.
 However it caused massive rainfall and flooding
in Karachi but Thatta and Badin districts were the
worst affected where
 The cyclone killed 609 people and displaced some
200,000 others.

9.  Pakistan along with other nations of Indian-
Sub continent have seen a lot of flooding
especially during the monsoon season.
 Pakistan has seen 9 major flooding since 1947.

10.  Monsoon rain in 1950 killed an estimated 2,900
people across the country. Punjab Province,
including the city of Lahore, was among the
worst hit when the River Ravi flooded. Over
100,000 homes were destroyed, leaving around
900,000 people homeless. These floods were
often called the Kala salab (Black flood).
 It was considered the worst flooding in
Pakistan since 1950, the monsoon rainfall
caused massive floods that killed 1,000+ people
and made some 13,000+ people homeless.

11.  This Earthquake was a magnitude of 6.2 and
hit Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts of northern
Pakistan on December 28, 1974.
 The quake had a shallow focal depth and was followed
by numerous aftershocks.
 An official estimate of the number killed was 5,300
with approximately 17,000 injured. A total of 97,000
were reported affected by the tremor.
 Most of the destruction was centred around the village
of Pattan, located about 100 miles north of the capital
city of Islamabad.
 The village was almost completely destroyed.
Landslides and rock falls contributed to the damage.

13.  Up till now that is 2011, some of major
disasters have occurred in Pakistan from 2005
Earthquake to 2010 floods.
 Following is the worst natural disasters in
Pakistan from 2000 till 2011;

14.  The drought of 1998-2002 is considered worst in 50
years in Pakistan. The drought started in 1997 as
El-Nino developed, but the drought gained
intensity in 1998 and reached its peak in 2000 till
2001 and thus gradually weakened in 2002.
 The extreme drought also affected much of India
and Afghanistan.
 The World Bank warned that the drought would
inevitably hit economic growth of Pakistan.
 Thus it denoted several hundred-million dollars to
help Pakistan through its worsening drought.

16.  A 7.6-Richter scale quake struck the Kashmir
region on the India-Pakistan border and parts
of northwestern Pakistan on 8 October 2005.
 According to official figures, at least 73,000
people were killed and more than 3.3 million
made homeless.
 Work even continues today to rebuild
damaged infrastructure.

18.  It killed 200 people alone in Karachi city on 23
June due to heavy rainfall and intense
windstorms of 70 mph.
 It made landfall near the towns of Ormara and
Pasni in the Balochistan province on 26 June
where it killed 300 people.
 Overall it killed 730 people and affected the
lives of 2 million people in Pakistan making it
the third deadliest cyclone in the history of the
country.

19.  2,000 people lost their lives in these floods in
Pakistan and over 20 million affected.
 Pakistan had sought international help to cope
with the catastrophe.
 Despite mass evacuations, there were fears the
death toll will rise as flooding reached the
southern province of Sindh and the risk of
water-borne disease outbreaks increased in
many areas. Still many people are living in
camps after one year has passed by. ,

20. Disaster Date No. Killed
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
8-Oct-2005 73,338
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
31-May-1935 60,000
Storm 15-Dec-1965 10,000
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
28-Dec-1974 4,700
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
27-Nov-1945 4,000
Flood 1950 2,900
Flood 28-Jul-2010 1,961
Flood 8-Sep-1992 1,334
Flood 2-Mar-1998 1,000
Flood Jun-1977 84

21. Disaster Date No Total Affected
Flood 28-Jul-2010 20,202,327
Flood 9-Feb-2005 7,000,450
Flood 8-Sep-1992 6,655,450
Flood 6,184,418 15-Jul-1992 6,184,418
Flood 2-Aug-1976 5,566,000
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
8-Oct-2005 5,128,000
Flood Aug-1973 4,800,000
Flood Jul-1978 2,246,000
Drought Nov-1999 2,200,000
Storm 26-Jun-2007 1,650,000

22. Disaster Date Damage (000 US$)
Flood 28-Jul-2010 9,500,000
Earthquake (seismic
activity)
8-Oct-2005 5,200,000
Storm 26-Jun-2007 1,620,000
Flood 8-Sep-1992 1,000,000
Flood Aug-1973 661,500
Flood 2-Aug-1976 505,000
Flood 10-Aug-2007 327,118
Drought Nov-1999 247,000
Flood 22-Jul-2001 246,000
Flood 2-Aug-2008 103,000